🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in Nebraska
Nebraska operates 31 natural gas power plants totaling 1,968 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 1.2M MWh.
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.
Plants31operating
Capacity1,967 MWnameplate
Generation1.2M MWhannual
All Nebraska natural gas plants
| Plant | City | County | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County | Plattsmouth | Cass County | 345 MW | Omaha Public Power District |
| Sarpy County | Bellevue | Sarpy County | 338 MW | Omaha Public Power District |
| Rokeby | Lincoln | Lancaster County | 266 MW | Lincoln Electric System |
| Beatrice | Beatrice | Gage County | 247 MW | Nebraska Public Power District |
| Terry Bundy Generating Station | Lincoln | Lancaster County | 216 MW | Lincoln Electric System |
| C W Burdick | Grand Island | Hall County | 143 MW | City Of Grand Island - (Ne) |
| Canaday | Lexington | Gosper County | 109 MW | Nebraska Public Power District |
| Hallam | Hallam | Lancaster County | 57 MW | Nebraska Public Power District |
| North Denver | Hastings | Adams County | 39 MW | City Of Hastings - (Ne) |
| Falls City | Falls City | Richardson County | 31 MW | City Of Falls City - (Ne) |
| J Street | Lincoln | Lancaster County | 27 MW | Lincoln Electric System |
| Nebraska City # 1 | Nebraska City | Otoe County | 26 MW | City Of Nebraska City |
| Don Henry | Hastings | Adams County | 22 MW | City Of Hastings - (Ne) |
| Auburn | Auburn | Nemaha County | 19 MW | Auburn Board Of Public Works |
| Wahoo | Wahoo | Saunders County | 14 MW | City Of Wahoo - (Ne) |
| Nebraska City # 2 | Nebraska City | Otoe County | 14 MW | City Of Nebraska City |
| Broken Bow | Broken Bow | Custer County | 9 MW | City Of Broken Bow - (Ne) |
| Western Sugar Coop - Scottsbluff | Scottsbluff | Scotts Bluff County | 7 MW | Western Sugar Cooperative |
| Crete | Crete | Saline County | 6 MW | City Of Crete |
| Sidney (Ne) | Sidney | Cheyenne County | 5 MW | City Of Sidney - (Ne) |
| West Point Municipal | West Point | Cuming County | 4 MW | City Of West Point - (Ne) |
| Syracuse # 2 | Syracuse | Otoe County | 4 MW | City Of Nebraska City |
| Franklin (Ne) | Franklin | Franklin County | 4 MW | City Of Franklin - (Ne) |
| Laurel | Laurel | Cedar County | 4 MW | City Of Laurel - (Ne) |
| Curtis | Curtis | Frontier County | 3 MW | City Of Curtis - (Ne) |
| Oxford (Ne) | Oxford | Furnas County | 3 MW | Village Of Oxford - (Ne) |
| Beaver City | Beaver City | Furnas County | 2 MW | City Of Beaver City - (Ne) |
| Emerson | Emerson | Dixon County | 2 MW | City Of Emerson - (Ne) |
| Ansley | Ansley | Custer County | 2 MW | City Of Ansley - (Ne) |
| Turtle Creek | Springfield | Sarpy County | — | Omaha Public Power District |
| Standing Bear Lake | Omaha | Douglas County | — | Omaha Public Power District |